Fantastic you've cracked into Flash Jeff! Nowadays there's a buncha people you can talk to for pointers if you're lookin' for some.

For some reason I really like Russia. Particularly Communist Russia if only for the colors (I imagine everything over there is red) and powerful iconigraphy. Somehow your Russian fits the part even though he's blue and pudgy.

Dig that ya took the time to go between programs for the texture work. Flash and Photoshop can be powerful together.

If I had a crit, it's that the tourists' shirt hanging down doesn't make for the best silhouette. Sometimes it's just best to suspend the laws of gravity in favor of something more readable.